Talk:United States Army Acquisition Corps

Army Acquisition Corps

Editors needed: We are still missing United States Army Acquisition Corps. The Army Acquisition Corps (AAC) was established in 1989. Here are some references to help start the article:

• ARMY ACQUISITION: A BRIEF HISTORY Wall chart
• U.S. Army Acquisition Support Center (Tuesday, February 5, 2019) Army Acquisition Workforce We already have U.S. Army Acquisition Support Center
• 96% of the Army Acquisition Workforce are civilian
• The Army Acquisition Workforce (AAW) consists of Army acquisition professionals who turn Army requirements from Army Futures Command into products and services. AAW includes scientists, engineers, accountants and program managers. AAW consists of civilians, officers and NCOs in both active and reserve components, who specialize in one of 13 acquisition career fields and serve in over 20 commands/organizations stationed around the globe.

• (2014-10-15) Army Acquisition Corps is only 4% of the 40,000-person Army Acquisition Workforce (AAW)
  • Commissioned officers in the U.S. Army Acquisition Corps (AAC) are designated as FA51 officers and can be assigned to 5 of the 13 acquisition career fields (ACFs).
  • MOS 51C NCOs are in the contracting acquisition career field (ACF), and function as contingency contracting NCOs responsible for acquiring critical supplies, services and minor construction in support of Army, joint and coalition forces.
• ASA(ALT) is Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology
  • Principal Military Deputy (PMILDEP) to ASA(ALT) also needs an article. The PMILDEP is also Director of the Army Acquisition Corps
  • United States Army Futures Command is the missing piece for Army acquisition, in order to improve the modernization process. The PMILDEP is also Director of Combat Systems for Army Futures Command.

References

Thanks in advance, --Ancheta Wis   (talk | contribs) 07:26, 19 February 2019 (UTC)

Looks like you have what you need to start a new stub of an article (i.e. "go for it"). --McChizzle (talk) 00:39, 20 February 2019 (UTC)

A search for mos-51c has revealed that an Acquisition NCO has 8 to 13 years of prior Army experience, and was selected for reclassification to MOS 51C from another MOS. The NCO must possess, or complete, a college degree before further promotion. A certification from DAU is also expected. This MOS was established in December 2006. So we need to update the article from "Officer corps" to "Acquisition branch" to acccount for the NCO case (a relatively small group). --Ancheta Wis   (talk | contribs) 15:57, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

Editors needed

I am still learning this topic and would appreciate other editor's contributions. Thanks in advance, --Ancheta Wis   (talk | contribs) 12:44, 22 February 2019 (UTC)

The article should make it clear that there are a lot of moving parts, and the subject, even at the Joint level, will be in flux. Regardless, the Army has an urgent requirement to solve the modernization problem. If I have communicated that, the next set of editors ought to be able to fill in the appropriate parts of the article. --Ancheta Wis   (talk | contribs) 22:31, 22 February 2019 (UTC)